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What is Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

What is Traditional Chinese Medicine �? �? �? �? Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is a well of medical knowledge gained from over 4,000 years of observation, investigation and clinical experience. TCM has evolved as an empirical science and its theories and treatments have been repeatedly in use and refined over this long period of time.

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Basic theory of traditional Chinese medicine

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

Section 1 Origin of Traditional Chinese Medicine�? �? �? �? Traditional Chinese Medicine ï¼�?TCMï¼�?� has a long history. In remote antiquity, our ancestors created primitive medicine during their struggles against nature. While searching for food they found that some foods had the specific property of relieving or eliminating certain diseases. That was the beginning ...

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MERIDIANS AND COLLATERALS-THE PATHWAYS TO LINK THE WHOLE BODY (2)

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

Courses, Connections, Distributions, Exterior-lnterior Relations and Flowing Order of the Twelve Meridians �? �? �? �? 1. The Coursing and Connecting Law of the Twelve Meridians �? �? �? �? The coursing and connecting law of the twelve meridians is: the three yin meridians of the hand travel from the chest to the end of the fingers where they connect ...

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MERIDIANS AND COLLATERALS-THE PATHWAYS TO LINK THE WHOLE BODY

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

The meridian-collateral theory is concerned with the physiological functions and the pathological changes of the meridian-collateral system, and their relationships with zang-fu organs. It is an important component of the theoretical system of TCM. And it is considered as a theoretical basis of all clinical subjects of TCM, especially that ...

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A Discussion of the Eight Strategies (Ba Fa) from the Aspect of Herbal Formulary

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007

Introduction The eight strategies (Ba Fa) were originally recorded in the Nei Jing Su Wen. It wasn't until the Qing dynasty that Dr Cheng Zhong-Ling organized and categorized the eight basic strategies known as the 'Eight Methods in Therapy' (Yi Men Ba Fa) (Williams 1992, p28) and recorded them in the ...

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